faitcheach

Irish

Adjective

faitcheach (genitive singular masculine faitchigh, genitive singular feminine faitchí, plural faitcheacha, comparative faitchí)

1. Alternative form of faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Declension

Declension of faitcheach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	faitcheach	fhaitcheach	faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha2
vocative	fhaitchigh		faitcheacha
genitive		faitchí	faitcheacha	faitcheach
dative	faitcheach; fhaitcheach1	fhaitcheach; fhaitchigh (archaic)	faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha2
Comparative	níos faitchí
Superlative	is faitchí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of faitcheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faitcheach	fhaitcheach	bhfaitcheach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN